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Retail Radar: PSP to get EA retro comp

GameStop details 14-game collection of old-school classics, says Electronic Arts is bringing Syndicate, Ultima, Wing Commander, and more to PSP.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Aug 14, 2006 4:12 pm PT

Publishers like Capcom, Sega, Midway, Taito, and Namco have been offering retro-themed compilations for years on a variety of platforms. However, the biggest third-party publisher of them all, Electronic Arts, has generally shied away from the practice, other than a few offerings such as the recent Command & Conquer: The First Decade collection.

That might be changing, if a new GameStop product listing is accurate. According to the retailer, Electronic Arts is jumping into the retro trend headfirst with EA Replay for the PSP. Slated for release October 3 with a price tag of $29.99, the compilation will let players relive 14 of the publisher's back-catalog offerings, including fondly remembered hits like Syndicate, Ultima VII: The Black Gate, Road Rash, Wing Commander, and Jungle Strike. Some of the games will support head-to-head multiplayer action, all will be playable in widescreen or normal views, and all of them will allow players to save their games at any time. The site even says it will include unlockable game art.

The full list of games listed for the compilation is included below, along with their first release dates and systems. Given the difficulties inherent in porting a keyboard-and-mouse control scheme to PSP, it is likely that the compilation would feature shrunken-down versions of the games' console versions, so those are the dates and systems given below.

B.O.B.--1993--SNES and Genesis
Budokan--1990--Genesis
Desert Strike--1993--SNES and Genesis
Jungle Strike--1993--SNES and Genesis
Haunting Starring Polterguy--1993--Genesis
Mutant League Football--1993--Genesis
Road Rash--1992--Genesis, later on 3DO
Road Rash II--1993--Genesis
Road Rash III--1995--Genesis
Syndicate--1995--SNES, 3DO, Jaguar
Ultima: The Black Gate--1994--SNES
Virtual Pinball--1993--Genesis
Wing Commander--1993--SNES
Wing Commander: The Secret Missions--1993--SNES

Please note, while retailer listings frequently jump the gun on publishers' product announcements, they should not be taken as final confirmation of a game's existence; nor should the absence of a listing be considered as proof that a game isn't coming to a given platform.

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LurkingAssasin

ROAD RASH!!!!!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!

Posted Jun 21, 2007 9:33 pm PT
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Uchiha_madara

I love road rash.. my fave

Posted Jan 2, 2007 7:59 pm PT
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Turisman4

Finally, someone put Desert Strike on a Genesis compilation!

Posted Nov 3, 2006 3:19 pm PT
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SuperHadouken

HELL YEAH ROAD RASH AND DESERT STRIKE WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!

Posted Sep 15, 2006 7:36 pm PT
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collinsworth

omfg i was just talking about playing road rash on motogp board. add desert strike, jungle strike, wing commander and virtual pinball and thats unbeatable!!!!! i am buying this

Posted Sep 8, 2006 4:13 pm PT
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Ubersnuber

To the Ds fanboys out there:
dont underestimate the power of classics!
Im not a handheld fan, but im buying a PSP because of this compilation.
Road Rash ROXX!!

Posted Aug 28, 2006 1:44 am PT
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LSUTIGERMAN

Mutant League Hockey would have been much better choice...and I hate hockey.

Also you can get all these games from any ROM or Emulation site so why would anyone buy this.

Posted Aug 21, 2006 10:40 pm PT
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umbra

I hope they do some work to improve the games, though. All the Road Rash games from 1-3 suffered from severe slow down and mega choppy frame rates making it hard to play in many instances. The PSP has plenty of processing power to smooth it over, provided they work on that area in the emulation.

Of course, from a business point of view that probably won't affect sales, so with low ROI such a decision wouldn't be made.

Bit of a shame, really, if you can play a better version of the game on a homebrew emulator running on your PSP. Time will tell if this compilation nails it.

btw, although there are some really good games there, and plenty of gaming hours included, they still could easily include more games.

Posted Aug 16, 2006 8:37 am PT
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wooooode

With the lack of good games on the PSP these compilations could sell very well.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:09 pm PT
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B-bad

Cool collection it maybe worth a look! road rash is cool all three on one umb is awesome! Come on old games can be fun, get a clue if you think otherwise!

Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:00 pm PT
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jammers_182

Oh yes! All three road rash games! I'm getting this for sure.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 11:49 am PT
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Free_Devil_Jam

Looking good for the psp these days

Posted Aug 15, 2006 11:24 am PT
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fluffebunnie

Wing Commander owns you. That is all.

Her lairmate is the Heart of the Tiger!

Posted Aug 15, 2006 9:14 am PT
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cesarotromundo

this is lame! When the heck is that donwload thing with the ps1 titles gonna come out for the psp? I wanna get FF7 and FF8 for the psp and also tomb raider..come on! get the downloads out!

Posted Aug 15, 2006 8:34 am PT
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AngelCage

Digital-Devil says:
Most of these you can get on ROMS though...or on the Wii as downloads
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Yeah, but:
#1: You don't have a Wii yet xD
#2: On the Wii, you will need to PAY for every single retro game too.
#3: 15++ years old games from SNES and GENESIS on a non-portable next-gen console... i don't know.

I don't are looking for all the old school games on the Wii or retro games on XBL. In a handled is another history. this compilation on the DS could be great too.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 8:01 am PT
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Dav_id83

I agree with Schillinger why isn't Urban Stike in the EA collection it's like SEGA are releasing one and they haven't included Street Of Rage 1,2 or 3 for that matter. They are putting in Golden Axe but not the S.O.R franchise which is stupid.

Everyone I know loves the S.O.R games my fav was no.2 instead there putting that stupid Eternal Champions in it. Which was probably the worst ever fighting game created for the Mega Drive. But like the fine print says they could change the line-up at any time before release.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 7:53 am PT
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Schillinger

Why isn't Urban Strike there

Posted Aug 15, 2006 7:12 am PT
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hemakm3

Road Rash was awesome.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 7:04 am PT
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King_Dodongo

remade, deadkindg? there was only a copy-paste of the titles

Posted Aug 15, 2006 6:40 am PT
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winterblink

That's a surprisingly nice list of games to include in one package. I admit, I'm borderline shocked to see it's EA doing it and it didn't end up as three separate collections with a ton of crappy filler.

Personally as a 360 owner, I'd love to see some of those as Xbox Live Arcade titles. Syndicate with multiplayer Live support would be epic.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 6:02 am PT
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deadkingdg

daqua_99
Why would a SNES game be on the PSP??

For the same reason that all FFs that were on Nintendo except III were remade on PS1?

Posted Aug 15, 2006 6:01 am PT
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danmp18

Can we get a release on PS2 or Xbox please EA?

Posted Aug 15, 2006 5:56 am PT
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dryden555

Road Rash -- oh yes.

All 3 versions were great so I'm glad they included all 3

Posted Aug 15, 2006 5:37 am PT
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hittin

Cool.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 5:25 am PT
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DarkJedi8_basic

Meh...Compilations with 1, 2 and 3 versions of the same game is weak. The best one here is Mutant League Football.

Posted Aug 15, 2006 4:15 am PT
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P2L5NM

ROAD RASH!!!!

Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:55 am PT
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ewjim

Well, well, well, they try to "level up" this system with old games?! They positivly DON'T WANT TO WORK!!!

Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:47 am PT
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daqua_99  

Why would a SNES game be on the PSP??

Posted Aug 15, 2006 3:32 am PT
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Digital-Devil

Most of these you can get on ROMS though...or on the Wii as downloads

Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:30 am PT
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EyeNixon

Ultima is nice, but why the lackluster SNES version?

Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:27 am PT
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danny_dm_moore

that comp would kick butt, havent played wing commander in years....

Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:22 am PT
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Digital-Devil

Desert Strike was a great game on the Sega Gen...wont buy a PSP for it though

Posted Aug 15, 2006 1:05 am PT
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TryMe01

"Shows how desperate the psp is getting when people get excited about decades old games... "

How very true... have fun PSP users
*looking back at shiny and well played DS Lite*

Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:29 am PT
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Sonicgod

I played them all when they came out most of them are not that good.
they forgot Syndicate genesis

Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:21 am PT
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SnuffDaddyNZ

Not everyone has played these decades old games, and Syndicate and the two Desert Strike games are still good games.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:53 pm PT
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teknocack

First of all:

" Zeromind_Eric
Zeromind_Eric
ZzzzzZZZZ......Road Rash would be cool though."

Many more cool games than just Road Rash, my friend.

To the story: Hey!!!!! Wing Commander was on the Sega CD also! I know, I beat it.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 11:11 pm PT
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Timstuff

I love Wing Commander! But I wish they were porting it from the PC version, because that one is a lot better.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:42 pm PT
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TheGamer4Life

Shows how desperate the psp is getting when people get excited about decades old games...

Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:39 pm PT
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bossjimbob

EA needs to revitalize Archon. For Xbox Live Arcade (and PSP).

Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:35 pm PT
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wok7

I thought EA siad the PSP was not fun and they'd rather go with the DS...

Posted Aug 14, 2006 10:31 pm PT
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Strike009

aww....no mutant league hockey....

Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:57 pm PT
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arathorn2nd

Syndicate without a mouse? No, thanks. Great games, anyway.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:41 pm PT
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amorphis

WING COMMANDER!!!!!!!!

Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:41 pm PT
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mrgokugf

final cash-ins for a failed competitor against the DS........the psp's underwhelming performance is sure to rub off on PS3 sales MHAA!!!!!!

Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:37 pm PT
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UnknownPerson55

syndicate?! i remember playing that on an old 550 mac back in the day. i might buy a psp just for this collection game, road rash makes it even better.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 9:18 pm PT
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Geneyuss5555

Buy it for Road Rash 1/2/3, and maybe EA will get its head out of street racings @** and make a game people actually want.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:43 pm PT
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ketsuatama

This sounds great! Those older games may not have much eye candy value but they were good fun to play!

Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:36 pm PT
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keyser27

Oh boy. Syndicate. Can we get a good compilation? I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:21 pm PT
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nintendorocks

Sounds good. This seems true since they have the full list of games already. I can't wait.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:13 pm PT
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sigma8

People played wing commander with a keyboard and mouse? I used a joystick. I don't know why they'd need to adapt the SNES version for that. All you need is an analog stick and some weapons and comm control buttons. Oh, and the afterburner, of course.

Posted Aug 14, 2006 8:11 pm PT
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